Up the stone-paved hill between Yasaka Shrine and Kiyomizu-dera Temple, you will find a row of tastefully decorated machiya houses on both sides, and in front of theFive-story pagoda of Hokanji Templecan be seen. For Kyoto people, it is more like Hokanji Temple,"Yasaka no To (Tower of Yasaka)"The five-story pagoda is not very tall at 46 meters, but it stands out from the surrounding houses on the hill. This five-story pagoda is not very tall at 46 meters, but its location on a slope and the low houses around it make it stand out from all directions.In the rapidly changing city of Kyoto, the scenery around this area has not changed much over the years. It is one of the typical Kyoto landscapes, and the pagoda is a landmark of HigashiyamaThe first two are the following.

Yasaka-no-to (Yasaka Pagoda) photographed previously. Looking back at Yasaka-no-to from the top of the hill.

Postcards from the end of the Meiji period to the beginning of the Taisho period (in the possession of the author). It shows the Yasaka-no-to as it was then.

This five-story pagoda is Asuka Period,Shotokutaishi built the temple before Shitennoji Temple in Namba, based on a dream of Nyoirin Kannon (Goddess of Mercy), and stored the relics of the Buddha.It is said to have been one of the seven kan-ji temples during the Heian period. During the Heian period (794-1185), it was one of the seven kan-ji temples (temples that received financial security in exchange for supervision by the state). The temple is said to have been built in the 7th year of Hakuho (678). This pagoda, loved by Kyoto residents and tourists alike, was built in the old days,Something unusual happened..

Tenryaku 2 (948).Yasaka Pagoda has tilted to the northwest.in that directionbe esteemedTherefore,A big fuss about something bad happening in the palace.The first time the company was in the

The emperor of the time,Orders Jozo, an ascetic known for his dharma powers, to restore the pagoda to its original state.The first thing he did was to go to the pagoda. Jozo immediately went to the tower.After praying, the tower was straightened overnight.That's what it means.

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)Jozo is a man with a strange legend.So, there remains an episode related to Ichijo-no-Marimbashi bridge, which I mentioned in a previous article. Jozo returned from Kumano and happened to meet his father's funeral procession at Ichijo-gibashi Bridge. Jozo lamented that he had missed his father at first sight, and when he prayed, his father was revived.

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There is another person who is said to have fixed the tower's tilt.

Son of the master carpenter who built this towerIt is. A father is so worried about his unreliable son,He deliberately set the tower to tilt gradually, and died after giving his son a secret plan.When his son heard the commotion about the tower, which later tilted, he offered to fix it himself. And in no time at all, he fixed the tilt, and was rewarded with enough money to keep him out of trouble for the rest of his life.

In fact, in accordance with his father's will, the tilt of the pagoda was repaired simply by removing the box containing the Kushin-san that had been placed on the central pillar of the pagoda. After that, the box containing the Koshin-san was enshrined in a hall built in the precincts of Hokanji Temple. This episode shows the parental concern for the son's future and the father's excellence as an architect.

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Leaving behind an anecdote of a fatherly jozo and a childlike father.Hokanji Temple used to have a large precinct and Yasaka Koshindo was one of the halls within the precinct.The present Yasaka Pagoda was rebuilt by Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth shogun of the Muromachi period.

Now, one of the mountains of the "Gion Festival", which is one of the most colorful summer festivals in Kyotoitinerant Buddhist monkThere is.The deity is the figure of Jozo entering Omine in the form of a mountain priest.Yamaboko Junko is a symbol of the "Yamaboko" or "floats" in the festival. Although the Yamaboko Junko has been cancelled this year, we look forward to seeing the heroic Yamabushi float parade next year, which is associated with Jozo, the man who had the legal power to fix the leaning of the Yasaka Pagoda.